Erica.The next day, sitting on my brother’s twin bed while pretending to read a book, I gave him a surreptitious glance and what I saw infuriated me.I could not believe my twin was so insensitive that he could not understand everything was not as it should be. Again!Here I am, still trying to cope with the disappointment of yesterday’s revelation and now, I am being besieged by another emotion. Again!Can’t a girl just have a break? Is it not enough already knowing and having to accept that we have a shameless personality for a father and we just have to forget the dream of having a complete family? Now, no more hoping he would one day show up to man up to his responsibilities with him being a full time father to us and a doting husband beside our Mum.Coupled with that disappointment is the realisation that we have been deprived of a real friend without us suspecting anything until it was too late.Raising my head again from the most boring book I was pretending to read, I glared
Erica After an intense look at my face, he blew out a frustrated breath. “Considering we have started school and Mum feels we need to stay at home on the weekends to do our homework and other activities, how do you intend to achieve that?” Eric asked slowly and I gave my head a negative shake. “I don’t know and that is why I am asking you. What can we do? It is obvious she has no intention of permitting us to go to her work place again, which means we can no longer see our new friend.” I honestly don’t understand why she is doing this though. It’s as if she hated our association with her Boss. “I have also thought about it, Rica, but I honestly don’t have an idea of how to make her change her mind.” It is obvious Eric has pondered on it also despite my assumptions, I could hear the frustration hidden in his voice. “What if we make the move then?” I suggested slowly, watching for his mood. “Move? What move are you talking about?” He asked softly but from the look I could see in h
Becca.Inhaling deeply the aroma wafting towards me from the kitchen, I walked more eagerly into the house. With the intention to check on the kids and then have a short bath before we all come down for dinner, I moved to go upstairs knowing I can say hello to Mary later.But just before I took the stairs up, I heard deep laughter and I quickly made a detour towards the second sitting room.Even before I opened the door, I could hear the soft voice of my friend Cindy and a gentle smile came to my lips.A regular visitor to my home, I was not surprised to know that my friend was there with my kids. Probably came to say hello knowing this is the first weekend they would be spending alone without me.Holding the straps of my heels in one hand, I opened the door with a warm smile on my lips.“Hello guys! Having fun without me hmm?” I greeted cheerfully, but even if the sudden silence that confronted my greeting had not alerted me, the swift guilty look I saw flashing across the faces of m
Becca. I knew she was trying to guess at my mood but I pretended not to see it.“Angry at the kids and me?” She finally asked softly and I spared a few glances.“More like confused and hurt. Why would you guys do that to me?” I decided to reveal a little of my frustration.“We did nothing, dear. At least the kids meant no harm. As for me, I only got an invite for dinner which I did not see as a big deal coming from them. Not until I got here and I saw that there was another guest waiting. Well, by then, it was too late to do much of anything.” She ended with a shrug and I gave her a disgruntled look.“I believe a call of warning would not have been too much, would it?” I snorted coldly.“Oh come off it, babes, we both know a call at that time would achieve nothing but cause you more worries and palpitations before you got home. And I sure did not think you needed that. Did you?” My friend almost snapped.“Well, it would have at least stopped me from embarrassing myself like that. Ima
Becca.I refused to be pressurized.“Well, let us be grateful that I am not every girl. Can we?” I declared obnoxiously and I could see my friend was not satisfied with my answer. She gave a snort of her pointy nose. “But your kids are crazy about him, what are you gonna do about that?” Pointedly, she went straight to one of the topics disturbing my mind these days.“I will admit my kids seem to like the man, fair enough, and I can’t deny he seems to find them interesting too, but I am sure it is just about that old adage, opposite poles attracting the other. My kids had never been exposed to a man like him before and they are intrigued. It is nothing special, they will get over it once they start making friends of their age.” Casually, I made her realise it was nothing to capitalize on.“If you believe that anyways, but I still feel they look so much alike.” My friend maintained and I was almost feeling irritated.“Of course they may look alike, it is possible. It is usually like th
Becca. ‘You’re nothing I can’t handle.’ I passed across with a glare. “Of course. It is obvious you are a strong woman.” He answered softly and my eyes went to him in a swift glance. I was so confident he was mocking me but all I saw in his face was nothing but seriousness. As if he was merely stating a fact. “Is that a compliment, Mr. Fernandez?” I found myself asking sarcastically and the man almost scorched me with the power of his eyes. “Only if you wish to take it as one.” He replied nonchalantly and I almost pulled out my tongue. Almost, but for the fact that I know my kids are watching, I pulled hard on my restraint. “Then I should thank you, should I?” Although I said this in a sugar coated tone, I was sure he could detect the animosity underneath it. But he was not the only one. I felt my friend’s surprise even before she inhaled deeply in that fashion that showed she was not impressed with my attitude. I turned my head slightly to the side to glare at her. “Have som
Becca. I waited for the wailing and tears I knew was coming but it never came. I peeked at their faces only to see my kids exchanging a proud smile. “It is funny you don’t know Mum.” My son said with a pitying smile and I wondered what I was missing here. “Know exactly what, son?” But it was obvious even to me that I really did not wish to know the answer. “That next Friday is a school holiday. There won’t be any school so we are free to go.” My daughter cried excitedly and the sounds felt strange to my ears. “Next Friday is a school holiday?” I found myself repeating softly and my kids nodded with a booming smile on their faces. “Yes Mum and now you can't stop us from going.” My son declared firmly, making it obvious they knew my games all these while. “It seems kids these days are wiser than we give them credit for.” That annoying man murmured softly and my disloyal friend chuckled in agreement. I included both of them in a fierce glare. Deciding it was best to accept the p
Christos.Adjoining to the other room thirty minutes later, it was obvious no one could really say what they had had for dinner.The back and forth words had been so intense, nobody was paying much attention to food. Of course the waves of animosity coming from my host had not helped and everyone seemed to be aware of it.Not that I can really call her the host, from all evidence, she had not even known I was coming. Which means the kids had played a smart one on her. On both of us as a matter of fact.I had been so surprised by their call and invite to dinner that I immediately accepted after realising within a minute of hearing their voices that my wolf and I had indeed missed having them around. In fact, after weeks of having them around in my office daily, it had taken a lot of control and objectivity to get used to their absence again.So yea, getting a call from them this morning about coming to dinner had left me feeling so overwhelmed, it never occurred to me to ask about the